The brain is not the first body part we think of exercising, but that’s exactly what we should be doing, say a growing number of researchers and health professionals who study brain health.
Did you know that the human brain starts slowing down as early as age 30? What muscles need is a workout to keep them toned and the same goes for the brain. Daily mental stimulation— a couple hours a day in the form of word puzzles, brain teasers, trivia, social interaction and physical activity allows neural pathways in the brain to continue to grow.
So how can you keep your brain fit? Brain exercise is the answer.After reading the fun trivia facts, to test your memory, go to the end of the book and complete the fun trivia facts quiz.
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About the Author
Patty Overson was born in 1955 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and still resides in a suburb of Minneapolis.
She met the love of her life at fifteen years old, married John in 1975, and is still married to him.
Patty and John have two adopted children…a son born in Colombia and a daughter born in Minnesota.
She wrote this book for two reasons: one was for her love of fun and interesting information. There wasn’t a trivial fact she wasn’t interested in knowing? The second reason is her love for children and families. With that said, she has decided to donate all her profits from this book to “Feed The Children.”
About Feed The Children
Founded in 1979 by Larry and Frances Jones, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the 10 largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2007, Feed The Children distributed more than 135 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally in 32 countries, supplementing more than 800,000 meals each day. Since its founding, the organization has reached out to help those in need in 118 countries around the globe. For more information, please visit http://www.feedthechildren.org/.
A young lady named Ellen Church convinced Boeing Air Transport that her nursing skills and love of flying would qualify her to assist with the passengers and emergencies. She became the first known stewardess.
Even if the stomach, the spleen, 75% of the liver, 80% of the intestines, one kidney, one lung, and virtually every organ from the pelvic and groin area are removed, the human body can still survive.
Fingerprints of koalas are similar (in pattern shape and size) to the fingerprints of humans.
There is a city called Rome on every continent.
The Beatles give their first live performance in the United States at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 1964.
If you toss a penny 10,000 times, it will not be heads 5,000 times, but more like 4,950. The heads picture weighs more, so it ends up on the bottom.